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Full name | Footwork Arrows |
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Base | Milton Keynes, United Kingdom |
Noted staff | Jackie Oliver Alan Jenkins |
Noted drivers | Michele Alboreto Christian Fittipaldi Gianni Morbidelli Aguri Suzuki Taki Inoue Ricardo Rosset Jos Verstappen |
Formula One World Championship career | |
First entry | 1991 United States Grand Prix |
Races entered | 97 (91 starts) |
Constructors' Championships | 0 |
Drivers' Championships | 0 |
Race victories | 0 |
Podiums | 1 |
Pole positions | 0 |
Fastest laps | 0 |
Final entry | 1996 Japanese Grand Prix |
Footwork Arrows was a British Formula One motor racing team which competed from 1991 to 1996. Japanese businessman Wataru Ohashi, who was the president of Footwork Express Co., Ltd., a Japanese logistics company, began investing heavily in the Arrows team in 1990 (having sponsored a Japanese Formula 3000 team), the deal including requiring the cars to display the Footwork logo prominently. The team was officially renamed Footwork in 1991, and secured a deal to race with Porsche engines. Results were poorer than expected, and after just six races, Footwork dropped the Porsche engines and continued with Hart-built Ford engines.
For the 1992 season they switched engine supplier to Mugen. Arrows retained the Footwork name until Ohashi withdrew his financial backing before the 1996 season, whereupon the name of the team reverted to Arrows. Regardless, Jackie Oliver had retained operational control throughout the entire period.